As of 2001, the salary of the President of the United States is $400,000 with a $50,00 expense account, yearly. For complete information about the government and all thr…ee branches, check out http://usgovinfo.about.com

a lot... Yes a lot is right. In fact according to the American Chemical Council as of May 31, 2011 a year-to-date comparison showed that 1,885,200,000 pounds of Polystyrene-…PS was produced, with a captive use of 1,862,200,000 pounds. California is the leading producer of Expanded Polystyrene-EPS, [also known as Styrofoam] generating more than 350,000,000 pounds in 2011.

About 10 to 15 billion dollars per year -- about 4/10ths of one percent of the US federal budget. Just for comparison, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (f…ormerly called food stamps) spent over $80 billion in 2012. For those looking to save the US government some money, I would suggest the $750 billion dollars in waste alone in the Medicare program.